Gillespie vs Rinaldi

Who won Gillespie vs Rinaldi?

Gregor Gillespie beat Jordan Rinaldi by during the main card of UFC on FOX 27, on Saturday 27th January 2018 at Spectrum Center in Charlotte.

The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Gregor Gillespie.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Gillespie vs Rinaldi stats

Gregor Gillespie stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 0 wins, zero loses and 0 draws.

Jordan Rinaldi made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 5 loses and 0 draws, with 1 of those wins by knock out and 8 by submission.

The stats suggested Rinaldi had a slight advantage in power over Gillespie, with a 8% knock out percentage over Gillespie's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Rinaldi had a massive advantage over Gillespie, boosting at 62% submission rate over Gillespie's 0%.

Gregor Gillespie was the older man by 1 year, at 37 years old.

Rinaldi had a height advantage of 3 inches over Gillespie. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Gillespie was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 18 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2014, 3 year and 8 months later than Rinaldi, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 25 less professional rounds, 24 to Rinaldi's 49.

Gillespie vs Rinaldi form

Gillespie had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Kevin Lee at UFC 244 on 2nd November 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Previous to that, he had defeated Yancy Medeiros at UFC on ESPN+ 1 on 19th January 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Barclays Center, Brooklyn.

Going into that contest, he had beat Vinc Pichel at UFC Fight Night 131 on 1st June 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round at Adirondack Bank Center, Utica.

Before that, he had won against Jordan Rinaldi at UFC on FOX 27 on 27th January 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Spectrum Center, Charlotte.

He had beat Jason Gonzalez at UFC Fight Night 116 on 16th September 2017 by knockout in the 2nd round at PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh.

Activity check

Gillespie's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 2 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 30 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.6 rounds on average.

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